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The "Chastoiement" and the "Decameron": Rhetorical "examples" of vernacularization.

Creator

Roman, Marco David., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

Some of the greatest names in medieval literature, Chretien de Troyes, Jean de Meun, Brunetto Latini, and Chaucer, to name a few, proudly include their vernacular adaptations of popular Latin sources within the corpus of their literary work. Yet, as Peter Dembowski points out, critics have paid little attention to the actual mechanics involved in the vernacularization practices. While the common medieval literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure linked by Karl D. Uitti to... Show moreSome of the greatest names in medieval literature, Chretien de Troyes, Jean de Meun, Brunetto Latini, and Chaucer, to name a few, proudly include their vernacular adaptations of popular Latin sources within the corpus of their literary work. Yet, as Peter Dembowski points out, critics have paid little attention to the actual mechanics involved in the vernacularization practices. While the common medieval literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure linked by Karl D. Uitti to the development of courtly vernacular literature are known to function in the transference of source texts to the vernacular, the role of rhetoric, an aspect of the conjointure process, has as yet remained unexplored., Taking as its study the popular Latin tale collection, the Disciplina clericalis which appeared as a common source in almost all the vernacular literatures of Western Europe and which enjoyed a tremendous popularity throughout the Middle Ages, this study analyzes how one French vernacularized tale collection, the anonymous thirteenth-century Chastoiement d'un pere a son fils and the Decameron recast through rhetorical manipulation three of the tales found in the Disciplina., The two prologues of the vernacularizations reveal the outline of a specific rhetorical scheme employed by the vernacularizer in the "adaptation" of the individual tales. Each of the clerks chooses the rhetorical method of argumentation best suited to his purpose. The tales present themselves as the elaborations of one part of the particular rhetorical scheme chosen by the clerk. Thus, rhetorical training not only aides the medieval clerk in the embellishment of the material but also serves him in the "translation" of the material to the new audience. Just as the development of courtly literature depended on the scholastic practices of the interdependent literary processes of auctoritas, translatio, and conjointure, so too the establishment of "bourgeois" literature relied on these same procedures as exercised by the clerks of the courtly tradition. Through these processes and rhetorical techniques, the clerks produced works in the vernacular that took their place next to the source texts. Show less

Date Issued

1993, 1993

Identifier

AAI9402511, 3088188, FSDT3088188, fsu:76995

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Title

THE "HOLY EXPERIMENT": AN EXAMINATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS UPON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY (QUAKERS, RENAL, PRISON REFORM).

Creator

CROMWELL, PAUL FRANK., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

The Quaker era in American corrections is traditionally characterized in criminological literature as the brief experiment with substitution of imprisonment for the sanguinary corporal and capital punishments of England and the other colonies by William Penn in 1682, and as the subsequent rebirth of the philosophy by Philadelphia Quakers between 1790-1840., The premise underlying this research is that the origin and evolution of American correctional philosophy cannot be fully and accurately... Show moreThe Quaker era in American corrections is traditionally characterized in criminological literature as the brief experiment with substitution of imprisonment for the sanguinary corporal and capital punishments of England and the other colonies by William Penn in 1682, and as the subsequent rebirth of the philosophy by Philadelphia Quakers between 1790-1840., The premise underlying this research is that the origin and evolution of American correctional philosophy cannot be fully and accurately understood from any perspective that limits the Quaker influence to early periods of American history. The study elaborates the direct and indirect influence of a Quaker social reform movement which began in Europe in 1670 and continues today as a vital and viable force behind correctional public policy in the United States. Although the strength and impact of the Quaker social reform movement, the "holy experiment," as William Penn termed it, has waxed and waned over the past three centuries, the efforts of the Society of Friends to attain social justice in correctional reform has been a continuous social reform movement., The present research interprets the Quaker correctional reforms in America as a single social movement which evolved in distinct stages over a period of three hundred years. The theoretical frame of reference is a social contextual perspective, which considers the events in the social, political and economic context of the time., The evolution of the American correctional philosophy can be seen as a single, extended social movement which began with the Quaker persecution in Europe and the subsequent migration to America; evolved into an utopian effort to establish a new and better means of dealing with the criminal; and, further developed into a reform effort, diffusing the gospel of the "penitentiary" and the new "prison discipline." Its basic philosophy remained for the next one hundred years the foundation of American correctional policy, only to be reexamined in the mid-twentieth century and found wanting by the same reformers who established it, and the struggle for reform began again. Show less

Date Issued

1986, 1986

Identifier

AAI8612198, 3086301, FSDT3086301, fsu:75784

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Title

THE "INNER GAME" APPROACH TO MOTOR SKILL LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE: AN INVESTIGATION INTO A SUGGESTED SUBCONSCIOUS MOTOR MECHANISM.

Creator

AUSTIN, JEFFREY STEWART., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

The "inner game" approach to skill acquisition and performance as presented by Gallwey was investigated in this study. His ideas were transposed into a working model which, in turn, formed the basis for all hypotheses in this study. Performance on an electronic video game was measured across two levels of "inner game" cueing, three levels of conscious attention blocking, and control, for both novice and advanced skill levels. A total of 120 subjects was utilized (72 male; 48 female). A... Show moreThe "inner game" approach to skill acquisition and performance as presented by Gallwey was investigated in this study. His ideas were transposed into a working model which, in turn, formed the basis for all hypotheses in this study. Performance on an electronic video game was measured across two levels of "inner game" cueing, three levels of conscious attention blocking, and control, for both novice and advanced skill levels. A total of 120 subjects was utilized (72 male; 48 female). A preliminary test on the experimental apparatus (electronic video game) was used to determine skill level. Subjects were then assigned to groups (N = 10) by random stratification based on sex., Data in this study suggest that under certain dual processing conditions, learning and performance are facilitated. The cueing method advocated by Gallwey was effective in both the novice (learning) and advanced (performing) groups. However, all aspects of the working model are not supported in this study. Nevertheless, those groups that functioned with a secondary task designd to block conscious attention performed as well as control subjects., The approach presented by Gallwey, while in need of further exploration, may be considered a viable instructional strategy. The results are discussed in relation to previous findings reported in the motor learning literature. Show less

Date Issued

1981, 1981

Identifier

AAI8201611, 3085091, FSDT3085091, fsu:74589

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The "noble experiment" in Tampa: A study of prohibition in urban America.

Creator

Alduino, Frank William., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

Prohibition sprang forth from the Progressive Era--the widespread reform movement that swept across the United States at the turn of the century. Responding to the dramatic changes in American society since the end of the Civil War, the Progressive movement encompassed a wide array of individuals and groups advocating a far-reaching program of economic, political, and social reform. For over forty years temperance zealots strived to impose their values on the whole of American society,... Show moreProhibition sprang forth from the Progressive Era--the widespread reform movement that swept across the United States at the turn of the century. Responding to the dramatic changes in American society since the end of the Civil War, the Progressive movement encompassed a wide array of individuals and groups advocating a far-reaching program of economic, political, and social reform. For over forty years temperance zealots strived to impose their values on the whole of American society, particularly on the rapidly expanding immigrant population. These alien newcomers epitomized the transformation of the country from rural to urban, from agricultural to industrial., Rapidly-expanding urban centers were often the battleground between prohibitionists and supporters of the whiskey traffic. European immigrants, retaining their traditional values, gravitated to metropolitan areas such as Boston, New York, and Chicago. With the opening of the cigar industry in the mid-1880s, Tampa, Florida also began attracting large numbers of immigrants. Because of its pluralistic composition, the city might serve as a microcosm of the national struggle between the "wet" and "dry" forces., Using newspapers, oral interviews, and other primary materials, this study traces the various aspects of the prohibition movement in the city of Tampa. In addition, it details other peripheral areas associated with the advent of the Eighteenth Amendment including the drug and alien trades. Finally, this study examines the lengthy efforts to repeal the "Noble Experiment" and return legalized drinking back to Tampa. Show less

Date Issued

1989, 1989

Identifier

AAI8915736, 3161760, FSDT3161760, fsu:77959

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Title

THE "OLD SUMPTER HERO": A BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR-GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY.

Creator

RAMSEY, DAVID MORGAN., The Florida State University

Abstract/Description

Abner Doubleday was an unusual and often a controversial person. Born into a family staunchly supporting Andrew Jackson, Doubleday reflected the determined Unionist position of the strong-willed president. Abner's attitude towards the Union was later vividly demonstrated at Fort Sumter. A mediocre career at West Point illustrated Doubleday's lack of desire to excel although he possessed the ability to do so. The controversy over the origin of baseball, although Doubleday was never directly... Show moreAbner Doubleday was an unusual and often a controversial person. Born into a family staunchly supporting Andrew Jackson, Doubleday reflected the determined Unionist position of the strong-willed president. Abner's attitude towards the Union was later vividly demonstrated at Fort Sumter. A mediocre career at West Point illustrated Doubleday's lack of desire to excel although he possessed the ability to do so. The controversy over the origin of baseball, although Doubleday was never directly involved in the question, was the first of several controversies with which Abner Doubleday's name is associated., Doubleday never seemed satisfied with his early life. In his papers he continually referred to people, prominent in later years, which he knew. While serving in the Mexican War, Doubleday continually felt the need to relate the dangerous situations in which he was placed. He seemed to want to demonstrate his personal responsibilities, which while actually meager, he viewed as of supreme importance. Doubleday apparently wanted to be a famous, bold cavalier, but realized he failed to accomplish his objective and stressed his "noble" deeds., Doubleday loved large cities and the benefits they offered a person. He liked being in the right social circles and enjoyed the "good life." By 1852, while serving as a commissioner for the Senate, Doubleday had come to despise Mexico and the Mexicans. By 1858, while serving in Florida, he disliked the inconveniences of chasing "savages." With secession in 1860 Doubleday no longer liked Charlestonians; later extending his revulsion to all Confederates., With the crisis at Sumter in 1861 Doubleday was greatly troubled. The affront to the United States government was almost more than he could bear. With the outbreak of the war, Doubleday was more than willing to fight the rebels. A dependable, if unspectacular soldier, Doubleday served well during the Civil War. While no one accused him of original thinking militarily, his men always fought well. Gettysburg was Doubleday's finest hour but became his final hour in the Civil War when he could not countenance serving under a junior officer., It seems strange that Doubleday served in the Freedmen's Bureau since his superior was none other than his old enemy from Gettysburg, O.O. Howard. Doubleday's service in California brought the controversy over the origin of the cable car. Retirement from the army in 1873 brought out several new qualities in Abner Doubleday. He wrote books, read French and Spanish literature, and became interested in the occult and became a believer in theosophy., Doubleday was a colorful figure in nineteenth century America. He was associated with several significant events in the growth of the nation. Doubleday represented, possibly to an extreme, the attitude of many American Unionists and supporters of Manifest Destiny. His commitment to a united nation is similar to Lincoln's attitude. Doubleday not only vocalized this sentiment, but, like Lincoln, was prepared to fight for his belief. Abner Doubleday was an intense American. He desired a strong, powerful United States and opposed those not supporting such a course. Show less

Date Issued

1980, 1980

Identifier

AAI8019606, 2989604, FSDT2989604, fsu:74111

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Title

THE "SACRED HARP" SINGING GROUP AS AN INSTANCE OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION.

Creator

MITCHELL, HENRY CHESTERFIELD., The Florida State University

Date Issued

1976, 1976

Identifier

AAI7629464, 2988342, FSDT2988342, fsu:72849

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Title

The "talk" of returning women graduate students: An ethnographic study of reality construction.

Creator

McKenna, Alexis Yvonne., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

This study looked at women's internal experience of graduate school. In particular, it focused on the experience of women returning full-time to graduate school after an extended time-out for careers and/or family. The questions examined were: (1) how do returning women "name and frame" their experience? (2) what, if any, is the relationship between the way the women "name and frame" their experience and their response to it? and, (3) what role does the researcher-as-interviewer play in the... Show moreThis study looked at women's internal experience of graduate school. In particular, it focused on the experience of women returning full-time to graduate school after an extended time-out for careers and/or family. The questions examined were: (1) how do returning women "name and frame" their experience? (2) what, if any, is the relationship between the way the women "name and frame" their experience and their response to it? and, (3) what role does the researcher-as-interviewer play in the construction of the data?, Data were collected through a series of three ethnographic interviews with 12 returning women, ranging in age from 28 to 50. Two of the twelve women were single, two were widowed, seven were divorced and one was divorced and remarried. Eight of the women had children., Analysis of the data showed that returning women, as a group, "named and framed" their experience in terms of change. Some women wanted to change self-image or self-concept while others wanted to acquire a new set of skills or credentials. Individually, the women "named and framed" their experiences in terms of an internalized "meaning-making map" acquired in the family of origin but modified through adult experiences. This "map" told them who they were and what kind of a life they could have. It gave their "talk" and behavior a consistency that could be recognized; it could make life easier or harder. A woman who felt she must "prove" herself, for example, found graduate school more difficult than a woman who wanted to "work smart.", The researcher-as-interviewer influenced the construction of data through her presence as well as through the kinds of questions she asked. The women understood and gave meaning to their experiences through the process of explaining them to the interviewer. The insights gained through this process of "shared talk" influenced future action and decisions. Show less

Date Issued

1990, 1990

Identifier

AAI9024104, 3162005, FSDT3162005, fsu:78203

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Title

THE 'PRESENT ETERNITE' OF 'TROILUS AND CRISEYDE.'.

Creator

LORRAH, JEAN., The Florida State University

Date Issued

1968, 1968

Identifier

AAI6911311, 2985871, FSDT2985871, fsu:70380

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Title

THE (CARBON-12,BERYLLIUM-8) AND (CARBON-12,CARBON-12) REACTIONS ON EVEN CALCIUM ISOTOPES.

Creator

MORGAN, GORDON REESE., The Florida State University

Date Issued

1975, 1975

Identifier

AAI7613821, 2988196, FSDT2988196, fsu:72703

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Title

THE (CARBON-12,BERYLLIUM-8) AND (OXYGEN-16,BERYLLIUM-8) REACTIONS ON CARBON-12, OXYGEN-16, AND SILICON-28 NUCLEI.

Cross sections for incomplete fusion followed by fission have been measured for the reaction ($\sp{16}$O + $\sp{232}$Th) at 140 MeV. In plane and out of plane measurements were made of cross sections for beamlike fragments in coincidence with fission fragments. The beamlike fragments were detected with the Florida State large acceptance Bragg curve spectrometer. The detector was position sensitive in the polar direction. The beamlike particles observed in coincidence with fission fragments... Show moreCross sections for incomplete fusion followed by fission have been measured for the reaction ($\sp{16}$O + $\sp{232}$Th) at 140 MeV. In plane and out of plane measurements were made of cross sections for beamlike fragments in coincidence with fission fragments. The beamlike fragments were detected with the Florida State large acceptance Bragg curve spectrometer. The detector was position sensitive in the polar direction. The beamlike particles observed in coincidence with fission fragments were He, Li, Be, B, C, N and O. Fission fragments were detected by three surface barrier detectors using time of flight for particle identification. The reaction cross section due to incomplete fusion is 747 $\pm$ 112 mB, or 42% of the total fission cross section. The strongest incomplete fusion channels were the helium and carbon channels. The average transferred angular momentum for each incomplete fusion channel was calculated using the $Q\sb{opt}$ model of Wilczynski, and the angular correlation was calculated using the saddle point transition state model. The K distribution was determined from the Rotating Liquid Drop model. The theoretical angular distributions were fitted to the experimental angular distributions with the angular momentum J and the dealignment factor $\alpha\sb{o}$ as free parameters. The fitted parameter J was in excellent agreement with the $Q\sb{opt}$ model predictions. The conclusions of this study are that the incomplete fusion cross section is a large part of the total cross section, and that the saddle point transition state model adequately describes the observed angular correlations for fission following incomplete fusion. Show less

Date Issued

1993, 1993

Identifier

AAI9334278, 3088176, FSDT3088176, fsu:76983

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Title

125-Iodine: a probe in radiobiology.

Creator

Warters, Raymond Leon

Date Issued

1976

Identifier

AAI7722169, 2988583, FSDT2988583, fsu:73090

Format

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Title

THE 1928 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FLORIDA.

Creator

HUGHES, MELVIN EDWARD, JR., The Florida State University

Date Issued

1976, 1976

Identifier

AAI7629450, 2988331, FSDT2988331, fsu:72838

Format

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Title

THE 1964 WISCONSIN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY: GEORGE C. WALLACE.

Creator

WINDLER, CHARLES WILLIAM, JR., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

In 1963, Alabama Governor George C. Walace defied a court order by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to integrate the University of Alabama. This incident turned the governor into a national celebrity and led to a number of speaking engagements across the country. During one of these engagements, Wallace indicated an interest in entering certain presidential primaries in the North in order to campaign against the pending national civil rights legislation. The Wisconsin Democratic... Show moreIn 1963, Alabama Governor George C. Walace defied a court order by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach to integrate the University of Alabama. This incident turned the governor into a national celebrity and led to a number of speaking engagements across the country. During one of these engagements, Wallace indicated an interest in entering certain presidential primaries in the North in order to campaign against the pending national civil rights legislation. The Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary was the first of these races., Since President Lyndon Johnson had the Democratic presidential nomination for the asking, little attention was given to the Wallace candidacy. Governor John Reynolds was selected to run against Wallace as the Democraic favorite-son candidate, and the Republicans chose Representative John Byrnes as their favorite-son candidate. When the votes were cast on April 7, the entire nation was surprised at the large number of votes obtained by Wallace., Upon examination of the conditions and events prior to and during the presidential primary campaign, the following factors apparently contributed to the surprising showing of Governor Wallace: (1) An open primary system existed in Wisconsin that allowed a large Republican cross-over vote for Wallace; (2) The Republican favorite-son candidate had no opponent; (3) The Democratic party was divided over their favorite-son candidate, one of the most unpopular Governors in the political history of Wisconsin; (4) Wallace's opponents waged a personal defamation campaign based on Wallace's reputation as a racist to which Wallace did not respond; and (5) Some white residents of Wisconsin were afraid of the increasing civil rights demands of the black population. These factors served to gain support and sympathy for the Wallace candidacy and to focus national attention on the Alabama governor as he conducted subsequent campaigns in Maryland and Indiana. Show less

Date Issued

1983, 1983

Identifier

AAI8324936, 3085645, FSDT3085645, fsu:75137

Format

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Title

The 1988 World Bank policy study on education in sub-Saharan Africa revisited: A value-critical policy inquiry.

Creator

Ota, Cleaver Chakawuya., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

The spirit and logic of the 1988 World Bank report resides in the trilogy that is its subtitle: adjustment, revitalization and expansion. In the context of ongoing austerity in Africa, it is strongly asserted that a fundamental restructuring of education is necessary to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity in education. Controversial adjustment reforms proposed include measures that will substantially shift the burden of educational finance from government to students, parents, and... Show moreThe spirit and logic of the 1988 World Bank report resides in the trilogy that is its subtitle: adjustment, revitalization and expansion. In the context of ongoing austerity in Africa, it is strongly asserted that a fundamental restructuring of education is necessary to improve efficiency, effectiveness and equity in education. Controversial adjustment reforms proposed include measures that will substantially shift the burden of educational finance from government to students, parents, and other parties. Such measures include cost recovery and the reduction of teachers' salaries among other things., If and only if, adjustment measures have been implemented and begun to take hold, then revitalization and selective expansion may be undertaken. Revitalization and selective expansion will reportedly improve quality and access in education. They include the provision of a minimum package of textbooks and other instructional materials and expansion of primary education to provide universal access., The purpose of this study was to investigate and critically evaluate the knowledge base that undergirds the World Bank study and the technical and political feasibility of the proposed reforms. A multi-methodological research strategy including critical public policy analysis and value-critical policy inquiry was employed., The main findings of this study are that: the data used in the Bank study are unreliable, the knowledge base narrow, the arguments underlying the policy framework of the report, unpersuasive and controversial and the agenda for action internally inconsistent. These criticisms should not detract from the immense value and importance of the document in that it is the first document that critically looks at education in the crisis beleaguered continent. Show less

Date Issued

1991, 1991

Identifier

AAI9130958, 3087595, FSDT3087595, fsu:76411

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Title

218 parent-child relationships of working and non-working mothers known to the Child guidance Clinic of Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Florida, July 1, 1956 to June 30, 1957.

Creator

Craigo, Lillian Rule

Identifier

ahc0938, 164826, fsu:14807

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Title

50 MeV lithium-6 scattering from carbon-12, oxygen-16, and beryllium-9 and the calibration of the tensor-polarized lithium-6 beam.

Creator

Trcka, Darryl Eugene., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

The experimental work reported consists of (1) the measurements of the angular distributions for the scattering of $\sp6$Li from the targets $\sp9$Be, $\sp{12}$C, and $\sp{16}$O at a lithium bombarding energy of 50 MeV, and (2) the measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU polarized $\sp6$Li source. 50 MeV data were taken for elastic and inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C, the 5/2$\sp-$ (2.43 MeV) state in $... Show moreThe experimental work reported consists of (1) the measurements of the angular distributions for the scattering of $\sp6$Li from the targets $\sp9$Be, $\sp{12}$C, and $\sp{16}$O at a lithium bombarding energy of 50 MeV, and (2) the measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU polarized $\sp6$Li source. 50 MeV data were taken for elastic and inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C, the 5/2$\sp-$ (2.43 MeV) state in $\sp9$Be, and the unresolved 0$\sp+$/3$\sp-$ (6.05/6.13 MeV) and $2\sp{+}/1\sp{-}$ (6.92/7.12 MeV) states in $\sp{16}$O. The measurement of the tensor polarization of the FSU $\sp6$Li source allowed the absolute polarization efficiency of the source-accelerator system to be determined., The analytical work reported consists of a determination of the energy dependence of the optical potential parameters for $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C scattering over the energy range from 11 MeV to 210 MeV. This has been attempted previously and the results have not been successful. A large body of data for $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C allows more severe constraints than in previous studies. The inclusion of an angular momentum-dependent imaginary potential provides a good description of the elastic scattering data and the parameters determined in this study are smoothly varying with energy using Woods-Saxon form factors for the real and imaginary potentials. Inelastic scattering to the 2$\sp+$ (4.44 MeV), 0$\sp+$ (7.65 MeV), and 3$\sp-$ (9.64 MeV) states in $\sp{12}$C are described well using the constructed energy dependent potentials in DWBA calculations. Analysis using the double folded real potential and a Woods-Saxon imaginary potential were performed on the same $\sp6$Li + $\sp{12}$C scattering data from 11 MeV to 210 MeV., The scattering data for 50 MeV $\sp6$Li scattering from the targets $\sp{16}$O and $\sp9$Be are described using optical potentials and DWBA calculations. Less information is obtained from these analyses because data do not exist at this time over a wide enough energy range to provide a constraint on the interaction potentials. Show less

Date Issued

1989, 1989

Identifier

AAI9002943, 3161873, FSDT3161873, fsu:78072

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Title

A basic course in quantity food preparation.

Creator

Welch, John M.

Identifier

ahq8692, 164818, FSDT164818, fsu:14803

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Title

A blind student's use of problem solving processes for positive professional learning experiences.

Creator

Coen, James P.

Identifier

ahj0501, 165103, fsu:15108

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Title

A case study of community organization services in Savannah-Chatham County, Georgia, 1950-1958.

Creator

Allen, Clarence L.

Identifier

AHK1920, 164936, FSDT164936, fsu:14879

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Title

A case study of personnel and fiscal practices of Leon County government.

Creator

Slick, Marlene J.

Identifier

afq9771, 164876, FSDT164876, fsu:14831

Format

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Title

A comparative analysis of home and school backgrounds of 72 handicapped and 72 non-handicapped elementary school children, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1959.

Creator

Hansen, James S.

Identifier

ahn6773, 165060, fsu:15087

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Title

A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF FACULTY AND STUDENT PARAPROFESSIONAL ACADEMICADVISEMENT PROGRAMS AT THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.

Creator

MAC ALEESE, ROBERT WILLIAM., Florida State University

Date Issued

1974, 1974

Identifier

AAI7506290, 3091127, FSDT3091127, fsu:77784

Format

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Title

A comparative study of 60 community placement veteran patients from the Veterans Administration Hospital, Gulfport, Mississippi, June 1961.

Creator

Higgins, Robert N.

Identifier

ahn3812, 165109, fsu:15111

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Title

A Comparative study of certian selected socio-economic characteristics and clinical findings of thirty patients seen at the Mental Health Clinic and thirty patients seen at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, Between July 1, 1959 and June 30, 1960.

Creator

Bowers, Edwin Cullen

Identifier

AKN3733, 165002, FSDT165002, fsu:15058

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Title

A comparative study of the traumatic events and behavior disorders of the first 16 years of life of white male veterans diagnosed as psychotic and white male veterans diagnosed as neurotic.

Creator

Kennedy, James F.

Identifier

ahm6784, 165046, FSDT165046, fsu:15080

Format

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Title

A comparative study of those mental patients who adjusted in fostercare with those who were returned to the hospital.

Creator

Binchy, Helen

Identifier

AHK1999, 164980, FSDT164980, fsu:14902

Format

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Title

A comparision of cases at United Cerebral Palsy of Miami, Florida with the review of the literature.

Creator

Polliard, Forbes W.

Identifier

akp4858, 164666, FSDT164666, fsu:14729

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Title

A comparison of attitudes between relatives and eighteen foster parents of mental patients at the Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1960.

Creator

Yaffe, Dorothy F.

Identifier

AHN3758, 165004, FSDT165004, fsu:15059

Format

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Title

A comparison of attitudes toward home, school and peer group of first generation Cuban immigrant children and children with one Cuban born parent in three elementary schools in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Creator

Wilson, Charles T.

Identifier

ahe7541, 164620, fsu:14707

Format

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Title

A comparison of the extent of participation of trained and untrained social work practitioners in voluntary community organizations in St. Petersburg, Florida and in Atlanta, Georgia.

Creator

Horne, Lou Ann

Identifier

ahk1924, 165086, FSDT165086, fsu:15100

Format

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Title

A comparison of the severity of illness in intake patients in 1950 and 1957 in the Veterans Administration Mental Hygiene Clinic, Miami, Florida.

Creator

Hida, Edward T.

Identifier

ahn3726, 165018, fsu:15066

Format

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Title

A comparison of the treatment of "The Negro in the United States" in four major adult encyclopedias and their yearbooks.

Creator

Hannah, Wanda Lee

Identifier

ahm9576, 164628, fsu:14710

Format

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Title

A comparison of two distinctive preparations for quantitative items in the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Creator

Kelly, Frances Smith., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

The SAT is a major milestone for many high school juniors and seniors. Scoring as high as possible is of utmost concern for college bound students because SAT scores often determine the college or university they may attend and the scholarships they may receive. As a result, those who can financially afford to take prep courses for the SAT do., Over the past forty years research studies have found that SAT preparation increases test scores. These previous studies have been concerned only with... Show moreThe SAT is a major milestone for many high school juniors and seniors. Scoring as high as possible is of utmost concern for college bound students because SAT scores often determine the college or university they may attend and the scholarships they may receive. As a result, those who can financially afford to take prep courses for the SAT do., Over the past forty years research studies have found that SAT preparation increases test scores. These previous studies have been concerned only with increasing test scores. To date, no study has investigated if one method of preparation produces higher gains than another, nor has any study identified those students for whom preparation is most beneficial. A comparison of methods among existing studies is impossible because most reports do not include the methods or materials used., The contents of most SAT preparatory books deal primarily with a review of the mathematical concepts involved. However, an inspection of several SAT items reveals that the SAT tests more than mere rote calculations and algebraic manipulations--it tests "understanding," "application," and "nonroutine" methods of problem solving. Therefore, the present study was proposed to examine and assess the effectiveness of two methods of student preparation for the SAT-M: the first method of preparation explored content review, solving each item in a rigid traditional manner, and the second method of preparation examines the use of flexible problem solving strategies to answer the items rather than using routine mathematical manipulations., Sixty-two juniors and seniors participated in the study. The results of the study showed that the students taught test-taking strategies scored significantly better than the control group. However, this strategies group did not score significantly better than the group who was taught content. The content group did not score significantly better than the control group. This indicates that students could benefit from instruction in flexible, nonroutine methods of solving SAT-M items efficiently. Show less

Date Issued

1992, 1992

Identifier

AAI9306060, 3091100, FSDT3091100, fsu:77757

Format

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Title

A comparsion of perceptions toward family crises between eleventh grade students who have had and had not experiences with such crises.

Creator

Schumaker, Martha

Identifier

akp2720, 164559, fsu:14678

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF W. B. YEATS'S AUTOMATIC SCRIPT (IRELAND).

Creator

ADAMS, STEVE LAMAR., Florida State University

Abstract/Description

William Butler Yeats's involvement in the esoteric and the occult has attracted considerable interest in the past decade, but much remains unknown about his philosophical development during the period of his life when he was engaged in the most profound spiritual or psychical investigation or experiment of his brilliant career, an experiment which gave birth to A Vision. Often described as the most important work in the canon to the understanding of his art and thought if not his life, this... Show moreWilliam Butler Yeats's involvement in the esoteric and the occult has attracted considerable interest in the past decade, but much remains unknown about his philosophical development during the period of his life when he was engaged in the most profound spiritual or psychical investigation or experiment of his brilliant career, an experiment which gave birth to A Vision. Often described as the most important work in the canon to the understanding of his art and thought if not his life, this ambitious work represents Yeats's attempt to explain the basic psychological polarities of the human personality, the course of Western civilization, and the evolution and movement of the soul after death. The cogency and gravity of the experiment of investigation which produced a book of these epic proportions cannot be underestimated; indeed, the contents of this well-recorded experiment may well be the most significant body of unexplored Yeats material. The fundamental aim of this study, which includes only the first crucial months of the Automatic Script, is to present to the scholarly world for the first time a transcript of the often obscure, often complex body of materials that led directly to Yeats's most profound work of art. In order to place this manuscript in its proper biographical and critical context, explanatory notes have been included, explicating the essential features of the experiment (i.e., the recording of dates, the authors of questions and responses, the placement of diagrams and notes by George and Yeats, the physical state of the manuscript, etc.) and unraveling or spelling out the numerous references to Yeats's primary works, those appearing prior to as well as those growing directly out of the Automatic Script; special attention has been focused on those materials which were eventually embodied in the 1925 version of A Vision. An editorial, introduction preceding the transcript demonstrates how this momentous experiment was the logical extension of a series of psychical investigations and, in much broader terms, the culmination of a spiritual odyssey that Yeats had begun almost as early as the days of his youth. Show less

Professor George Mills Harper writes in his recent book The Making of Yeats's 'A Vision': A Study of the Automatic Script that, despite his copious quotations from these unpublished manuscripts, "nothing but the whole will satisfy the truly involved reader." Perhaps the most comprehensive occult papers that have been preserved in the history of psychical research, the 3627 existing pages of the Automatic Script are of extreme interest to Yeats scholars, not only as the source for A Vision but... Show moreProfessor George Mills Harper writes in his recent book The Making of Yeats's 'A Vision': A Study of the Automatic Script that, despite his copious quotations from these unpublished manuscripts, "nothing but the whole will satisfy the truly involved reader." Perhaps the most comprehensive occult papers that have been preserved in the history of psychical research, the 3627 existing pages of the Automatic Script are of extreme interest to Yeats scholars, not only as the source for A Vision but also as documentation of the creative collaboration between Yeats and his new wife George during the 450 sittings held between 5 Nov 1917 and 28 Mar 1920. This critical edition provides the complete text for that portion of the Automatic Script written during the Yeatses' first visit to Ireland following their marriage. (Under the direction of Professor Harper, Steve L. Adams has edited the first two months of the Script as a doctoral dissertation in 1982, and Sandra Sprayberry is preparing that portion of the Script written between 2 Jan 1919 and 28 Mar 1920.) Included in this dissertation is an editorial introduction describing the methods used by the Yeatses in the automatic writing and its subsequent "codification"; the relationship of the Script to Yeats's 1918 poetry and plays; and the synthesis of his life-long involvement in the occult Yeats achieves in the two versions of A Vision. Extensive endnotes relate the Automatic Script to Yeats's Card File and Vision notebooks as well as to his poetry, plays, and the two versions. Of special note is the emergence of the tower as a major symbol as the Yeatses first occupied Thoor Ballylee, and their growing conviction that their expected child would be the Irish Avatar. The 1918 Script demonstrates clearly that George Yeats was an equal partner in the amazing collaboration that produced A Vision and that provided her husband with metaphors for his later poetry. Show less

Date Issued

1987, 1987

Identifier

AAI9016487, 3091117, FSDT3091117, fsu:77774

Format

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Title

A critical survey of the actual use of the Palm Terrance Service Club in terms of its potential and economic value.

Creator

Waite, Marilynn Margaret

Identifier

akj3455, 164912, FSDT164912, fsu:14864

Format

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Title

A description and evaluation of the rehabilitation programs at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida.

Creator

Hollingsworth, Connor Wright

Identifier

ahf7372, 164756, fsu:14773

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A description of brief treatment service as revealed in five cases known to the Dade County Child Guidance Clinic, Miami, Florida, January 1 - March 31, 1955.

Creator

Dawson, Jean Helen

Identifier

ahc4432, 165052, fsu:15083

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A descriptive analysis of a students learning experience in meeting the research requirements in a two-year graduate program of social work education.

Creator

Sylvester, Martin J.

Identifier

ahk3747, 164964, fsu:14894

Format

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Title

A descriptive follow-up study of forty-one patients evaluated by the Neuropsychiatric Therapeutic Review Committee From March 25, 1959 through June 20, 1959, U.S. Vetrens Administration Hospital, Augusta, Georgia.

Creator

Weeks, Ben Edward

Identifier

AHN3782, 165008, fsu:15061

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A descriptive study of eleven Negro client's use of the Dade County Child Guidance Clinic, Miami, Florida, January 1, 1954 to December 31, 1956.

Creator

Steiss, Donald Emery

Identifier

ahf7422, 164850, fsu:14819

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A directory of social and health services and of selected recreation services in the State of Maine in 1953.

Creator

Michaud, Neil D.

Identifier

ahk1932, 164724, fsu:14757

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A Female Education. (Original writing);.

Creator

Foster, Patricia Ann

Identifier

9321881, 119517, FSDT119517, fsu:68419

Format

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Title

A follow-up study of eight mothers and eight children served by a child guidance clinic of Jacksonville, Florida.

Creator

Clay, Clinton O.

Identifier

ahk1900, 164730, FSDT164730, fsu:14760

Format

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Title

A follow-up study of mentally retarded children referred to a child guidance clinic to determine movement in parental acceptance of the retardation.

Creator

Farrar, Geraldine.

Identifier

ahc1115, 164978, fsu:14901

Format

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Title

A follow-up study to evaluate the adjustment of twenty-six adopted children placed by the Child Service Association, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 1948-1950.

Creator

Hutchins, Charles Anthony.

Identifier

ahm6772, 165058, fsu:15086

Format

Document (PDF)

Title

A Glorious Work: The American Missionary Association and Black North Carolinians, 1863-1880.

Creator

Jones, Maxine Deloris

Abstract/Description

The American Missionary Association played an important role in the slaves' transition to freedmen. This study examines the work of the AMA with black North Carolinians during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Life for Yankee teachers in the South is described, along with their motives for coming, the various tasks they performed and the Southern reaction to their presence and labors. Attention is given to the relief, religious and missionary activities of the Association, but the emphasis is... Show moreThe American Missionary Association played an important role in the slaves' transition to freedmen. This study examines the work of the AMA with black North Carolinians during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Life for Yankee teachers in the South is described, along with their motives for coming, the various tasks they performed and the Southern reaction to their presence and labors. Attention is given to the relief, religious and missionary activities of the Association, but the emphasis is on Education. Freedmen's desire and eagerness to learn, black academic progress, curriculum, obstacles and discipline are discussed in chapters II, III, and IV. The role of black teachers in the AMA and the contributions of native blacks to the education movement are also delineated. In addition, the AMA's relationship with and its labors in the black community and its work with the state's poor whites are analyzed and adds valuable new information to Freedmen's Aid Literature. Show less